Ancillary Narrative 3

Title: Chicken Fried Stakes (Chris)
 * Corresponding macro story: HAARP
 * Synopsis/logline: Thomas Scarlett, having found the nearest curling club - he is an avid curler - to be way off in Chicken, AK, travels there for a club meeting. He's intrigued by the town's chicken statues, and as a result of investigation due to hearings of strange occurrences, discovers that the chicken statues are in fact signal amplifiers for the HAARP communication network.
 * Genre: Crime/adventure
 * Protagonist: Thomas Scarlett (father)
 * Antagonist: Gov't agencies, namely HAARP
 * Main supporting characters w/ descriptions: Furman Blockley is the first person in the Chicken Curly Club, 3C AK, to reach out and befriend Thomas. He curls because his wife has asked him to get out of the house more, on account of him being a bit of a government conspiracist that would rather be in his office (basement) poring over what he believes to be evidence of massive government extra-terrestrial cover-up that is centered in Alaska.
 * Primary locations w/ descriptions: Chicken, AK. The clubhouse of the 3C AK located downtown, which is a handful of old curling lanes attached to a wood-paneled common room. The towns iconic chicken statues, and the surrounding woodland areas, namely a nondescript clumping of seemingly abandoned shacks located off the beaten path just outside of town (this is the entrance to the governments monitoring installation for the chicken transmitters in town).
 * Medium: illustrated lit (web comic), could also have an accompanying Instagram tag that pulls up doctored photos of strange phenomena surrounding Chicken's chickens
 * Why it works in this medium: There is valuable information about Thomas' connections and understandings that can be told concisely as a quick read. It would cost too much to produce visually, but the story benefits from inclusion of visual content.
 * Platform: web/app comic
 * Why it works in this platform: multiple access points to the online content for experiencing on mobile/tablet/pc makes more opportunities for consumption of short form story
 * Additive comprehension: Thomas gains a greater understanding and appreciation for the scope of this apparent government cover-up of ET existence. The backstory of Furman Blockley's relationship with Thomas is explored in more detail.
 * Target market: older Millennials and Gen Y
 * Target market media habits: digital natives and users of nearly all things online/digital. Smartphone dependent and quick to use online resources to find out what they want to know. The target nerds of the group (stated with upmost respect) are the most likely to stumble across this material and/or download the app containing the content.